Sinister: Stuffs and Things

[PJMiller]

Hello Carnage F*ckers!

Nolan Sisters? Starksy and Hutch? Eleven naked people in a tent? I'm lost
for words.

I bought Q magazine for the first time in ages. I must say, you haven't been
keeping me very up to date - there's a new Keith Moon book! "What," thought
Alice, "is the point of a book about keith Moon that isn't called Moon the
Loon - The Amazing Rock 'n' Roll Life of Keith Moon?"

B&S content: Someone is advertising "The Baby With The Arab Strap" for sale,
which I find frankly disgusting. They must have seen "The Acid House"
already. And in the charts:

"These introspective folksters won't take pictures and refused to tour with
Radiohead, so this Top 40 entry is arguably the "purest" reflection of
public taste in the chart. However, their lack of commercial ambition
borders on priggishness."

So there we have it - Stuart Murdoch is a priggishness. Elsewhere in the
magazine, there is bountiful evidence that so-called journalists have been
keeping a watchful eye on us, well, Northy anyway, because the fact that
Simon Fowler is a gayboy is covered. There is also a mention of "Joey
Deacon" noises, and the reformed Lotus Eaters have had a great idea:

"We'll play in the UK again, but not a rock venue. Probably a library!"

I'd never really thought about the similarity between the Lotus Eaters and
B&S, but it's more or less the same - slow bit, fast bit, acoustic
instruments, plaintive boy/girl vocals, choirboyish charm, a barely
concealed yearning to break free from the constraints of accepted "normal"
sexuality...

More ink polaroids are needed of the Po Caff and McRagtag's triumphant
re-entry unto DJ Land.

I'll happily do you a tape, Claire Timmins, but I'm no expert on the clubs
you mention. The Twisted Wheel's my scene, you know, primitive instrumentals
and wierd bee sting dances. Also, my investigation of the Brazillian music
scene continues apace - the most beautiful song of all time is "O Leaozinho"
by Caetano Veloso. This is what I mean about being nostalgic for before I
was born, even though it's from 1977.

Peter

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